Police interview injured toddlers' parents

Police believe they are close to identifying two men who threw a toddler out of a truck window and then ran over the boy's arm.

"Detectives have developed leads on the pickup truck and the possible driver," Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police spokesman Bucky Burnsed said. "But they are not ready to identify any suspects."

As of Thursday night, no arrests had been made.

The driver of truck and the passenger face charges of cruelty to children, according to Burnsed.

Detectives interviewed Britianie Iford, the mother of 2 1/2-year- old Rodrick, on Wednesday night when she turned herself in to police. She originally was supposed to meet police in the afternoon, but didn't show up, Burnsed said.

Detectives also interviewed the toddler's father and grandmother.

There was no answer at Rodrick's 1719 Holly Ave. home on Wednesday.

Police said the child is home with his mother recovering from the scrapes he suffered on his arm.

The men in the truck took off after two parole officers showed up in the Victory Manor neighborhood Tuesday afternoon looking for a parolee. Police said the men threw Rodrick out of the truck window and drove off.